User’s Manual Home CR-H458 4-Bay Portable RAID Tower EXTERNAL 4 BAY SATA RAID USB3.
Table of contents Chapter 1 Read Me First .................................................................................. 3 1-1 About this manual ............................................................................ 3 1-2 Notices ............................................................................................ 3 1-3 The policy of software and an attention matter of a manual ............. 6 Chapter 2 Introduction ...........................................................................
Chapter 1 Read me first 1-1 About this Manual Thank you very much for your purchasing of CineRAID Home CR-H458, the ”EXTERNAL 4 BAY SATA RAID to USB 3.0 & eSATA CASE” • This manual describe the complete details and operating instruction of this products. Please read the manual before using the product. • We reserve the right of any change in the specifications without notice. 1-2 Notice ■ Please! use this product safely ○ Please read the below notes before starting.
Warning When using this product, please be absolutely careful about the warning that a maker of a PC and peripheral equipment of use orders, attention indication. Strictly observance Prohibited from disassembling or repaired this product by oneself and disintegrate, and please do not remodel it. Prohibited from If caused a fire and an electric shock, a burn, trouble. Please! Ask your distributor for disassembling repair.
An attention matter on having you use this product Please connect a power supply outlet to a power supply outlet directly if possible. Prohibit from foot At AC power core foot wiring housing, if use of several outlet possibly causing a fire. wiring housing Do not cover your 4XSATA enclosure, this could lead to overheating your Prohibit device. Please keep the device away from a place that is easy to cause shock and vibration.
1-3 The policy of software and the information of this manual ♦ The policy of software program Please keep this manual as the proof of license agreement of this product (we say” a license agreement” including a program manual or other attachment documents) and agree to be used as copyright requirement. 1. Please read the software licensed agreement and use the software with copyright with the computer which is owned by you. 2. Copy and reproduce a software with copyright is prohibited. 3.
Chapter 2 Introduction 2-1 Introduction CineRAID Home CR-H458 supports maximum 4 SATA HDD with RAID & JBOD functions, and the latest USB 3.0 technology, the data transfer rate up to 5Gb/s; eSATA data transfer rate up to 3Gb/s. It is desirable to be able to use all the disks as if they were one single volume (cf. # P.16). There are 7 RAID modes for max 4 hard disks - the RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 and JBOD which can combine 4 drives into one larger logical volume for the data safety.
2-3 System requirements ■ Support OS IBM PC/AT compatible machine (including the NEC PC-98NX series) with USB2.0 or USB1.1 / SATA I or SATAII interface. The following series (only a model released in after March, 2001 of the PowerPC deployment copes) of Apple Macintosh * PowerMac G4/G5, PowerBookG4, i-Book, e-Mac, each model of Mac mini. * Recommend what is used in an USB3.0 equipment model.
Chapter 3 Package contents and parts description 3-1 Package contents Please check the package contents when you open the package. ■ Please check content below The following items are included with this package. Please check to confirm whether all items are included in the package first. 1. CineRAID Home 458 main unit 2. USB 3.0 Cable 3. Power Adapter 4. Software & User Manual CD 5. eSATA Cable 6. AC Power cord 7. Quick Start Guide Main body X1 USB3.
3-2 Parts description 1) USB/eSATA LED: to indicate the status of the connected interface ( USB 3.0 / eSATA). 2) Power switch: to turn ON/OFF the device. 3) HDD Tray: The Hard Drive Tray without screws 4) HDD status LED: to indicate the status of HDD access. 5) Reset: pls. press Reset button when change any kind of the mode. 6) Mode Setting DIP S/W: to set the RAID mode; more details the Chapter 4-2. 7) eSATA connector: connect CR-H458 to an eSATA port of PC with attached eSATA cable. 8) USB 3.
Chapter 4 HDD installation and setting of a hard disk 4-1 To install the Hard disks Please remove the plug from the power supply outlet before assembling the hard disk, it will cause an electric shock and/or damage if not disconnected. 1. Press 2 blue door latches inward to release the tray lock, then pull out the tray. 2. Put the HDD on the tray and make sure the HDD screw holes on the bottom are aligned to the 4 posts on the tray. 3.
B. To set the DIP switch to a new RAID mode, please follow the mode chart as below, press the RESET button and hold it, turn on the box and keep hold reset button for 15sec. DIP switch code(from left to right) “DIP switch 1”, “DIP switch 2” and “DIP switch 3” “DIP switch 4”. Reset: please press and hold for 15 seconds RESET button when change any RAID mode.
4-2-1 The Mode Function & DIP switch definition
4-2-2 The HDD Power setting. The HDD Power setting DIP S/W on the rear side can set the power connection of each individual HDD installed in CR-H458, the HDD Power setting provides excellent protection the HDD which is not working. Each DIP switch controls each of 4 HDD trays, the order of dip switch and HDD are as below. Attention 1. “The number of HDD which show on a PC” is combination number when implemented 4X HDDs to this device. 2.
4-2-2 The RAID Mode Setting via Management software. Home CR-H458 comes with a RAID Manager software disk.
z To set the RAID mode with RAID Manager software, click the RAID Manager icon to run the program, then follow the instructions on the RAID Manager dialog box to set the RAID mode by PC Attention 1. “The number of HDD shown on a PC” is combination number when implemented 4X HDDs to this device. 2. When you use a combine mode, it is required to initialize the virtual disk volume. Please be sure that you have backup all your old data as this action will erase the data in the HDDs. 3.
Chapter 5 Initialization and formatting the hard disk 5-1 Initialization in Windows 2000 / XP/ Vista /WIN7 CAUTION! Partitioning and formatting a disk drive will delete the data in the HDD. We assume NO responsibility for your data lost if without a backup before your proceed Partitioning and formatting.
Chapter 6 How to use this product 6-1 Using the USB 4X HDD In WINDOWS, hot swapping is allowed with some limits. To avoid system failure, always follow the steps below to hot UN-PLUG your USB3.0 device in Windows. 6-2 Basics operation ■ Connect to a PC 1. Start your computer and wait until the OS has been loaded. 2. Please connect the USB cable from the device to PC’s USB port. 3. Connect the power cord from the USB 4X HDD device t to the outlet of theAC power and turn ON the enclosure.
■Disconnect the enclosure from a PC Before disconnecting the USB 4X HDD enclosure from the PC please follow the following steps to remove the USB cable. 1. Click on the “Unplug or eject hardware” indicator on the task bar in computer screen display. 2. Click on the command bar “Stop USB Mass Storage -Drive(F:)” to disable the device you wish to remove. Please! Check the drive letter to be disconnected if there are multiple devices connected 3.
Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting ■ the RAID device is not recognized when connect to a computer. Or the RAID device does not work well. ○ Check the status and connection of the power switch and the power supply outlet. ○ Check whether the connection of the USB 3.0 cable is firmly connected. ○ Check the jumper of each hard disk which is set correctly. ○ Check if each HDD is well installed in the enclosure. ○ Check device driver is installed for your OS.
○ There is a limitation to the filing system and partition capacity of the OS. Please confirm which OS is installed in the PC. The following lists show you filing system of Operating System. #1.When formatting USB 4X HDD in Microsoft Windows with FAT32 format, limit of the capacity is up to 32GB. If you need to use one volume at FAT32 format over 32GB then you need third part’s utility to initialize and format it. #2.
